News Archive

Cases of the flu, including the H1N1 strain of the virus, are continuing to rise across the country. H1N1, originally known as swine flu, has even resulted in deaths here in Santa Rosa County.

The Santa Rosa County Local RESTORE Council has approved criteria members will use to evaluate projects proposed for funding resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Now the group is working to develop an application through which projects can be submitted, leading up to the anticipated first round of local fund distribution.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and 46 other state and territorial attorneys general are asking Congress to fund programs authorized by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). The funding would go toward programs which fight human trafficking in the United States and abroad.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is teaming up with Representative Doug Broxson to kick off a statewide series of anti-scam workshops for seniors. Atwater announced the first of the 2014 Series of Be Scam Smart Workshops will be held Tuesday at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium in Milton.

Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he will vote against a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the medical use of marijuana if it makes the 2014 ballot.

A 70-year-old Navarre man faces felony charges for allegedly molesting a girl less than 12 years of age.

Commissioners today will cut the field of potential new courthouse sites to two. The board is also set to discuss a couple solid waste and recycling issues, and issues relating to the former Sandy Bottoms store on Navarre Beach.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office confirms it’s actively investigating residential burglaries in the Navarre area. “We aren’t able to release specific details because it’s an active investigation,” said Rich Aloy, SRCSO spokesman. During the past six months, 42 residential burglaries have been reported in the Navarre area. “Generally burglars operate during daytime hours seeking dwellings that are unoccupied,” Aloy said.

New Orleans (AP) — BP Tuesday asked an appeals court to review a ruling upholding a multibillion-dollar settlement to compensate victims of the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A handyman program that helps seniors stay in their own homes has not changed a great deal since it began as a pilot 42 years ago.